The Underground Writing Podcast

Our student writing this week is titled "Society Weighs Me Down." Matt and Alvin talk about the individual and the larger community, and how one affects the other in deliberate ways or not. Matt gives an update on the process of publishing the UW anthology and thoroughly recommends the book of poetry by Tyehimba Jess titled Olio.

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This week, we read a piece titled "Trying to Catch Up to You," from one of our earlier sites. Matt and Alvin discuss the vulnerability and courage required to share an all-too-common grief that many of our students carry. It was raining at the UW headquarters; please ignore that rattling sound at the beginning.

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This week, we read a piece titled "Trying to Catch Up to You," from one of our earlier sites. Matt and Alvin discuss the vulnerability and courage required to share an all-too-common grief that many of our students carry. It was raining at the UW headquarters; please ignore that rattling sound at the beginning. Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations.  We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with. LINKS OF INTEREST:What No One Ever Tells You, the UW anthology“After" a literary convention (an interesting dialogue with poet Robin Robertson)YMCA Oasis Daylight CenterZines (and further Zine resources)

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Student Writing from Migrant Leaders Club of Mount Vernon Public Schools. Discussion of recent FilmVerse event with Voices of the Children, the Lincoln Theatre, and Underground Writing. Music by Luis Lopez and the Migrant Leaders Club.

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This is our first bi-weekly update podcast! Director Matt Malyon and Producer Alvin Shim met briefly in the UW admin headquarters to touch base on the many program goings-on. It's a short six-and-a-half minute podcast that features a piece of writing by a UW student and a quick update about our recent trip to New York with the Migrant Leaders Club to see Miss You Like Hell, written by Quiara Alegría Hudes. 

Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with. 

Links of Interest:

• What No One Ever Tells You, the UW anthology
• More information about the New York Trip
• Migrant Leaders Club of Mount Vernon Public Schools
• Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell, and the Emancipated Stories Project

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